On 7/28/2015 9:21 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:42:22 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/27/2015 8:54 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:14:47 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I was in my 20's I had a friend who had a 2 year old. She brought
>>>> her adorable child to my home one day. The "adorable child" started
>>>> pulling books out of my bookcase and tearing pages out of them. Her
>>>> mother blithely ignored her. I yelled at the girl. "STOP THAT!" My
>>>> friend had the nerve to get angry at me for yelling at her kid. She was
>>>> destroying my books. Would you have put up with that?
>>>>
>>> Is that the only child horror story you can trot out? It's getting
>>> long in the tooth.
>>>
>>>
>> I've got plenty of them, thanks. I loaned another friend a hardback
>> book and she let her kid scribble all through it with a pen and crayons.
>> I met a different friend for lunch one day - I was on my lunch break.
>> She let her kid dip his fries in ketchup and throw them at me. Rather
>> than take the fries away from him all she did was say "Gary, quit" over
>> and over. Of course he didn't. I had to go back to work wearing a
>> ketchup-stained blouse. I've been seated in a booth in a restaurant and
>> had kids kicking the back of the seat on the side where I was sitting.
>> Another instance, a kid throwing food over onto our table. As usual,
>> the parents seem to think there is nothing wrong with this behavior.
>>
>> Jill
>
> And there is little or nothing wrong with the kids' behavior.
>
Really? Destruction of personal property or throwing food at someone is
okay with you?

> You do have a problem with your friends, though.
>
Not anymore. I'm too old for anyone in my social circle to have
toddlers.

Jill